Synthesis of zirconia microcrystals by hydrothermal method

• Main Author: Chen, Kenbin
• Other Authors: Gan Chee Lip
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ceramic materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64677
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A major drawback to the practical application of shape memory ceramics (SMCs) is the limited amount of strain it can sustain before cracking. This cracking is due to the large mismatch stresses between neighbouring grains that result due to the phase transformation in polycrystalline ceramics. In or...